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What ties everything in Reactionary culture together better than any other theory I’ve been able to come up with is that it’s not that Reactionaries think the Church is evangelizing wrong and want to do it better. It’s that they hate the whole idea of bringing new people into the Church at all (except for a vanishingly small sample of like-minded Reactionaries) and seem to be bent on making sure as few are allowed in and as many are driven away as possible.

I agree with Mark. Wouldn't it be much better if all the Reactionary Wuss @ssholes in the Church who are not as open, loving, and tolerant as us would just get the the F out.

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If only there were more humble apologists who could bring more people into the Church with their soft, accommodating tones. Indeed we need fewer people in the blogopshere who demonize their opponents, erect strawmen arguments, and condescendingly dismiss those with whom they disagree. Ah yes, if only.

I thank the Lord every single day that, as a Traditionalist Catholic, I have never, ever, personally met any Catholic, of any "persuasion, who is as filled with hate as Mark Shea. It is truly impressive the amount of hatred the man carries within his heart.

I agree that the word Reactionary is being overused by certain well known Catholic personalities. Just the day before I saw Jimmy Akin himself use this same uncharitable word. It is ironic that this Catholics are always talking about less clarity and more charity yet they won't practice it themselves. Pope Benedict called them by the term PROFESSIONAL CATHOLICS, from his interview in 2010. He said they make their living off their Catholicism but actually had very little real Faith.

LOL! Poor Mark! I know what he is saying but you nailed it - irony alert, indeed! He should get an editor. Matt, you two should probably proof read each other's stuff! Think of all the souls that would come flying out of Purgatory as you both offered it up!

the more I read Mark Shea, the more I'm convinced that he hates sincerely devout people. I also get the impression he would have a poop panic if the EF became the most popular or (in his case) the ordinary form of the Mass.

The shockingly inaccurate "Christ has saved you" comment of Francis has apparently been lost on Shea, who quotes it with approval. Gee I thought we wouldn't find out whether we're saved until after we die, and we have to use the sacraments and Mass, and have faith and hope, etc. Christ has redeemed us; we hope we will be saved. But we need the Church and God's grace to be saved.